By William Tucker Chief Correspondent for In Homeland Security Members of the Presidential Security Regiment in Burkina Faso have seized…
By William Tucker
Chief Correspondent for In Homeland Security
Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgency has wracked the African nation for years and resulted in the deaths of 15,000 people and left a further 1.5 million homeless.
By Dr. Patricia Campbell
Assistant Provost at American Public University System
In 1993, the first post-colonial peaceful separation of two African states occurred when Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia.
By Hedi BenAicha
Vice President and Assistant Provost, Library and Instructional Resources
American Public University System
Tunisia, called cradle of the Arab Spring, is a North African country the size of New England, squeezed between two giant oil producing countries, Libya to the East and Algeria to the West. The term “squeezed” is intentional.
By Kylie Bull Managing Editor of HSToday Special for In Homeland Security Long focused on Nigeria, and perhaps therefore…
By Kylie Bull
Managing Editor of Homeland Security Today
Special to In Homeland Security
The recent terror attacks in France killed 12 people. At the same time, Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria murdered approximately 2,000. The disparity in the media and public reaction to both events is immense.
By Brett Daniel Shehadey
Special Contributor for In Homeland Security
Last week, the Nigerian military sentenced 54 soldiers to death on charges of mutiny, cowardice and assault charges. The fear of fighting Boko Haram remains severe within Nigeria’s police and military units.
By Kylie Bull
Managing Editor of Homeland Security Today
Special for In Homeland Security
The al-Qaida Somalia-based affiliate Al Shabaab, which has attracted radicalized Somalis from the U.S. and Western Europe to join its jihad, launched a terrorist attack in Mogadishu Dec. 3 that damaged a convoy of United Nations vehicles and killed and injured several Somali bystanders and security personnel.
By Dr. Patricia Campbell
Assistant Provost of Graduate Studies, Research, and Innovation at American Public University System
Ebola is more than a potential endemic; it is a prime example of the importance of viewing “security” much more broadly than traditional definitions, which have focused on power, military might, and defensive and offensive capabilities.